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DYEING APPARATUS- PatentedMaySl, 1887.

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I DYEING APPARATUS. A No: 363,949. Patented May 31, 1887.

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DYEING AP SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PA RAT'US.

Patent No. 363,949, dated May 31,1887.

Application filed January 12, 186?. Serial No. 224,109. (No model.)Iatcntcd in England December 17, 1886, No. 16,596.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CESAR CORRON, a oiti zen of the French Republic, anda resident of St. Etienne, Loire, France, have invented certainImprovements in Machines for Dyeing, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a machine to be employed in dyeing fibrousmaterials, and especially such materials when in the form of hanks orskeins, and the object of my invention is to provide an automaticmechanism whereby each skein carrier or rod is moved or shiftedindividually, and has imparted to it si ultaneously three distinctmovementsthat is to say, each carrier is lifted and carried forward andat the same time rotated. This latter rotative movement is to effectthat shifting of the skein or filaments known to French dyers as lisage,the object of which is to subject all parts of the skein equally to theeffects of the bath, and which is done by suspending the skein in themanner of an endless belt on a bar arranged over the bath and thenrotating said bar, causing one side of the skein-belt to move down intothe bath and the other to move up out of the bath.

My invention will be hereinafter fully described, and its novel featurescarefully defined in the claims.

In the drawings which serve to illustrate my invention, and which form apart of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improveddyeingmachine broken across to indicate that it may be of any length,and the gear-wheels H and I shown in section for their betterillustration. Fig. 2 is atransverse section taken inthe plane indicatedby line 2 2 in Fig. 1. This view only shows one side of the machine,bothsides being constructed alike, as seen in Fig.3. Fig. 3 is a plan of themachine, the right-hand end being omitted for lack of room and for thereason that it is not required for illustration. Fig. 4 is a view of thepreferred form of skein-carrier detached.

B represents an ordinary rectangular oblong the upper edge of the sidesof this tank are fixed strips y y, in which are formed notches V, toprovide end bearings or supports for the skein carriers or bars B, whichhave, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, square bodies and cylindricalends. On these carriers are suspended the skeins of fibrous material B.(Seen only in Fig. 2.) Where the bath is me state of .2, to keep themsuspended taut. As the notches V are equally spaced, the carriers B willalso be equally spaced, as seen in Fig. 3..

O are two toothed racks ranged along the sides of the tank B, andsupported on a suitable frame, O.' Only a part of the teeth in theseracks is shown.

J J are two shafts, also ranged along the sides of tank B, and mountedin bearings on the frame 0. On the one ends of shafts J are fixedbevel-pinions K K, which mesh with bevel-wheels L L on the opposite endsof a transverselyarranged driving-shaft, M. On

shaft M are two loose pulleys, M, and a tight pulley, M whereby saidshaft may be rotated in either direction by oppositely-running belts MThe belt-shifting mechanism comprises a slide-rod, M, provided with pinsto embrace the belts, and a slide-rod, J, arranged alongside of the tankB under one of the shafts J, said rods M and J being coupled together bya bell-crank, J

I will now describe the mechanisms for imparting the three movements tothe skein-carriers B, premising thatthere are two of these, one at eachside of the machine, but that, as they are like, a description of onewill suffice for both. p

A is the carriage, mounted to slide along horizontally on rack O and theshaft J as slidebearings. In this carriage is mounted a shaft, E, 011which is fixed a pinion, D, which meshes with the teeth on the underside of rack G. On this same shaft, E, is mounted a wheel, F, whichmeshes with abevel-pinion,G, mounted on a vertical stud in carriage A.Pinion G is integral with a bevel-wheel, H, which meshes witha-bevel-pinion, I, splined on the shaft J. Pinion I has a long boss, andis embraced between the two bearings of carriage A on shaft J, so thatsaid carriage moves the pinion I along the shaft with it. Thus rotationof shaft J through the medium of the several gear-wheels causes thecarriageAto slide along the rack O.

Fig. 1 is a vertical section taken along the too .dicated by arrows z.

axis ofshaftEand showing the parts connected therewith more clearly thanthey are seen in Figs. 1 and 2.

On shaft E is a hub or boss provided with four equally-spaced radialarms, N N, which arms have, of course, the same axial velocity as pinionD when carriage A is driven. These arms N are all provided alike,'andeach'carries at its extremity a rotatively-mounted spindle or shaft, 0,bearing on its inner end, next tank B, a conedisk, Q, and a pinion, R,and on its outer end a bowl, P. A coilspring; 1?, is arranged between acollar on the outer end'of shaft and the shaft-bearing,

which spring tends to draw pinion R up snugly against the opposite faceof arm N. The diametrical distance between the centers of two oppositecone-disks, Q, is precisely equal to the space occupied by sevenskein-carriers, B, when they rest in notches V. This will be seen byinspection of Fig. 3that is to say, the pitch of the notches in bar 3 iscommensurate with the diametrical measurement between the saidcone-disks; butthe included number of carriers need not necessarily beseven. I

S is a semicircular cam-plate borne by car riage A. The curve of thisplate coincides with the path traversed by the bowls P on arms N, andduring the upper half of their orbital movement said bowls bear on thiscamplate. The lower attached ends of this plate S are bent outward oraway from tank B, and (see Fig. 2)they are attached to lateral branchesa a oncarriage A. The arrow as in Figs. 1 and 3 indicate the directionin which the carriage A is supposed to be moving, and the arrows zindicate the direction (backward) in which arms N move.

So far as described the operation is as fol lows: Rotation of shaft Jsets carriage A in motion in the direction indicated by arrows a: andthe arms Nin motion in the direction in- When a cone-disk Q, in rising,is brought opposite the extremity of a carrier B, resting in a notch V,the incline at the end of cam-plate'S suddenly acts on bowl P and pushescone-disk Q against the end of said carrier, so as to engage and form asocket-bearing therefor. This is illustrated in detached sectional view,Fig. 2, which shows the incline 011 the cam-plate. As the two cones onopposite sides of the machine are simultaneously pressed up to the endsof the carrier, it follows that the carrier will be lifted and carriedover backward, as the plate S keeps spring I? compressed during the entire half revolution but when the carrier thus borne over has descendedinto a notch Vbehind the carriage A the bowl P passes of)" that end ofcam-plate S, and the cone-disk Q is drawn back by spring 1? far enoughto clear the end of said carrier and passes on.

In order, however, to impart an axial rotation to skein-carrier B, whileit is being borne riage A a curved rack, T, with the teeth on its underor concave side, which teeth mesh with the teeth on the pinion R on theshaft 0, borne by arm N. When the carriages A have reached the end oftheir travel in one direction, and shall have transferred or shifted thelast skeincarrier B, a pendent lug, U, on carriage A strikes a ta-ppet,X, on the beltshifting slide-rod J and shifts belts M on the pulleys,thus reversing the motion of shafts J and starting the carriages A backagain. Thus these latter are caused to travel back and forthautomatically, always carrying the skeincarriers over backward anddepositing them behind.

I have shown a hand-lever, U, coupled to slide-rod M, for shifting thebelts and reversing the motion of carriages A independently.

if desired, and I have also shown the curved rack T mounted on a slidingframe, T,on carriage A, and said frame provided with a lever, T, wherebythe said rack may at any time be raised out of mesh with .pinions It, soas to prevent rotation of the shafts O, which bear said pinions; and inorder that one lever T may operate both racks T simultaneously, Iconnect the levers on both sides of the machine with a tie-rod ortraverse, T.

The ends of the skein-carriers are by prefthe reason that it guides andcenters the carriers when it moves up to them; but any form,of socketedseizing device may be used instead. The bowls P are not essential. Ballsmay be substituted for them arranged like balls in ball-casters.

My apparatus may be employed with tanks of various kinds, and theframeC, supporting the racks 0, need not,of necessity,be actuallyattached to the tank B.

Of course the lengths of thearms Nand the spaces between the notches V,in which the carriers B rest, may be varied. The constrnction hereinshown is such that the carriages A advance a distance equal to thatbetween two adjacent notchesV while the shaft E is making one-fourth ofa revolution, there being four arms N; but there may be one or more armsN.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination, with atank to contain the dyeing-bath, provided at its upper edge withbearings for the skein-carriers, of the said skein carriers or bars, thetwo carriages A, mounted at the sides of said tank on ways or IIOtracks, mechanism for-moving these carriages along said ways,rotativcly-mounted shafts Ein said carriages, and mechanism forimparting r0- 'tation to said shafts, arms N, carried by said shafts, andseizing mechanisms carried by said arms N and carriages A, for seizingthe skeincarriers, whereby the said arms, in their rotation as thecarriages advance, are caused to seize, carry over, and deposit saidskein-carriers, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination,with the carriage A and its track, of therotatively-mounted shaft E in said carriage, mechanism for imparting theproper motions to said carriage'and shaft, the arm N, carried by shaftE, the shaft 0, rotatively mounted in said arm, and provided with apinion, R, a spring, P, and a cone disk or socket,Q, the cam-plate S,mounted on the carriage, and the curved rack T, mounted also on saidcarriage, all arranged to operate substantially. as and for the purposesset forth.

3. The combination,with the carriages A and their tracks and operatingmechanisms, the

shafts E and their operating mechanisms, the 7 7,

the cam-plates S, the racks T, mounted in the respective carriages A,andmeans, substantially as described, for raising and lowering said racks,as set forth.

4. The combination of .the rack O, the carriage A, mounted thereon, theshaft J, the pinion I, splined on said shaft J and embraced betweenparts of said carriage, the toothed wheels D, F, G, and H on saidcarriage, arranged and intermeshin g as described, the shaft E, on whichwheels D and F are mounted, the driving-shaft -M and gears coupling itto shaft J,the tight and tially as described, for lifting said carrierand CESAR connon.

Witnesses:

ANDRE ROUX, FERRIOL.

